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With an income per capita US$400 in 2008, Madagascar is one of the poorest countries in the world. Poverty is … widespread but with significant urban-rural differences (52 percent versus 74 percent). Health, nutrition, and the fight against … communicable diseases and HIV/AIDS are key goals of the country's poverty reduction strategy, the Madagascar Action Plan 2007 …
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estimates that less than ten percent of government, and non-government expenditures, with an explicit nutrition, or food … under two. Public and private expenditures on nutrition are often misdirected, for although Bolivia did achieve successes in … the advancement of nutrition over the past twenty years, the problem of malnutrition still requires action on several …
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The objectives of the nutrition sensitive social protection are: 1) target activities to the most nutritionally … vulnerable populations such as pregnant women and children less than 24 months; 2) include nutrition education and counseling …) integrate nutrition services into Social Protection (SP) interventions; and 4) reduce the acute and long-term negative financial …
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Nutrition sensitive agriculture aims to maximize the impact of nutrition outcomes for the poor, while minimizing the … children. It is agriculture with a nutrition lens, and should not detract from the sector's own goals. The agriculture sector … lives. Agricultural productivity, focused primarily on staple grains, does not necessarily reduce under nutrition. Policies …
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Reducing malnutrition is a cornerstone of poverty reduction. General malnutrition and specific micronutrient deficiencies contribute to infant, child, and maternal morbidity; decreased learning capacity; lower productivity and higher mortality. Because malnutrition is often due to a combination...
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estimates that less than ten percent of government, and non-government expenditures, with an explicit nutrition, or food … under two. Public and private expenditures on nutrition are often misdirected, for although Bolivia did achieve successes in … the advancement of nutrition over the past twenty years, the problem of malnutrition still requires action on several …
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